Ch. 1 Hazardous Materials: Overview

Question 1

______ is governing body that sets operational policy and procedures for jurisdiction in which YOU operate.

Answer 1

AHJ

Question 2

Regulations from ___ and ___ and consensus standards from ____.

Answer 2

OSHA.
EPA.

NFPA

Question 3

ERG-once incident goes beyond “_______”, the ERG may no longer be the most appropriate source of information.

Answer 3

Initial response phase

Question 4

A ________ , as defined by DOT, any substance or material that is capable of posing an unreasonable risk to human health, safety, or the environment when transported in commerce, used incorrectly, or not properly contained or stored.
The term “hazardous material” also includes _________ , ______, ______, and ______.

Answer 4

Hazardous material

Hazardous substances.
Wastes.
Marine pollutants.
Elevated-temperature materials.

Question 5

NFPA 472 is for ____ and 473 is for ____.

Answer 5

Responders

EMS personnel

Question 6

472 includes criminal use of _______. This definition encompasses ______, ______, or ________.

Answer 6

Hazardous materials, such as WMD

Illicit laboratories.
Environmental crimes.
Industrial sabotage

Question 7

CAS (_____________), produces largest databases on chemical information, including CAS registry, approx. _________ substances registered for use.

Answer 7

Chemical Abstracts Service

83 million organic and inorganic

Question 8

Responding personnel must be able to _____ the substances involved in a release and ____________.

Answer 8

Identify.

Place them in proper context

Question 9

______ is what remains after a process or manufacturing activity has used a particular substance and the material is __________.

Answer 9

Hazardous waste.

No longer pure

Question 10

First defense against danger

Answer 10

Being aware of your surroundings AND observing the visual clues

Question 11

____ are states that adopted OSHA.

_____ are states that have not (EPA)

Answer 11

State-plan states.

Non-plan states

Question 12

EPA (Non-plan states) because they follow:

Answer 12

CFR Title 40, Part 311

Question 13

3 mission-specific task in NFPA 473

Answer 13

ALS responder assigned to hazmat team.
ALS responder provide clinical interventions.
ALS responder treatment of smoke inhalation

Question 14

HAZWOPER regulation

Answer 14

HAZardous Waste OPerations and Emergency Responder

CFR Title 29, 1910.120

Question 15

HAZWOPER levels

Answer 15

Awareness.
Ops.
Tech.
SPECIALIST.
IC

Question 16

NFPA 472 persons with awareness level training

Answer 16

Not responders but “Personnel”.
Not typically called to the scene to respond.
Function in SUPPORT roles

Question 17

472 awareness level duties

Answer 17

Detect the presence
Identify number, placard, marking, etc.
ERG
Protective actions
Notification process

Question 18

HAZWOPER awareness level duties

Answer 18

No further action beyond “notifying authorities of release”

Question 19

472 Operations Level

Answer 19

expands scope by separating core and mission-specific.

5 levels -aw, ops-core, ops-miss, tech, IC

Question 20

NFPA operations level responders may end up performing a _______________ . They are also expected to work under the direct control of a ________ or _______.

Answer 20

Limited suite of technician level skills.

Hazmat technician or allied professional

Question 21

HAZWOPER regulation states ops level responder must be trained to ______________, ______________, ____________.

Answer 21

Respond in a defensive fashion,
Without actually trying to stop the release,
While avoiding contact with the product

Question 22

Technician 472 vs HAZWOPER

Answer 22

472 “control” a release.
HAZWOPER “stopping” a release.
Technician under 472 intended to supervise.

Technician function at a higher level in terms of COGNITIVE approach

Question 23

For EPA, __________ (SARA) created _______ and also SARA Title III, ____________ (EPCRA).

Answer 23

Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986.
Standardized training for hazmat response and hazwaste site operations.
Emergency Planning and Community Right to know Act (EPCRA).

Question 24

EPCRA for _____ to report chemicals to _____ and ______.

Answer 24

Businesses.
Fire department.
Local emergency planning committees.

Question 25

Gathers and disseminates information about hazmat to the PUBLIC.
Voluntary organization.
Established to meet requirements of EPCRA and SARA

Answer 25

Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC)

Question 26

SDS from MSDS to be more in line with ______, who intends to create a standard methodology to define and classify hazards posed by chemical substances

Answer 26

GHS Globally Harmonized System

Question 27

Acts as liaison between local and STATE levels of authority

Answer 27

State Emergency Response Commission (SERC)

Question 28

For the most part, a Hazmat/WMD emergency requires:

Answer 28

Time.
Forethought.
Planning.

Question 29

The ______ and __________________ dictate the tactics and strategy.

Answer 29

Nature .

Circumstance of the response

Question 30

The goal of the __________ is to FAVORABLY change the outcome of the hazardous material/WMD incident. This is accomplished by________ and by _________________ based in the level of training.

Answer 30

Emergency responder

Sound planning.
Establishing safe and reasonable response objectives

Question 31

Actions taken at a hazardous material incident are largely dictated by ______ and __________.

Answer 31

Chemicals involved.

The way they behave during the release

Question 32

Goals for awareness level personnel are:

Answer 32

Recognize.
Isolate.
Call.

Question 33

NFPA _______ covers 5 levels:

Answer 33

1072.
Awareness.
Ops-core.
Mission specific.
Tech.
IC

Question 34

Hazmat technicians will approach the point of release so as to _____, _____, or _________ a hazardous materials emergency.

Answer 34

Plug.
Patch.
Otherwise mitigate